kbculver

Information

Last name

Culver

First Name

Katy

Title

Associate Faculty Associate

Courses taught

Mass Media Practices
Intermediate Reporting
In-Depth Reporting
Multimedia Graphics
Magazines and Magazine Editing
Digital Media Law and Ethics

Biography

Kathleen Culver joined the School of Journalism & Mass Communication in 1999 to teach the foundation skills course, J202: Mass Communication Practices. Culver brings a blend of professional and academic experience to match the conceptual and practical requirements of the curriculum the J-School launched in fall 2000.

Culver, who earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the School, most recently served as communications manager in marketing for UW Health-Physicians. With 800 doctors and 1,500 staff, the organization is the largest physician group in the state and among the 10 largest in the nation. Her responsibilities there included development, design and maintenance of an Internet site to market the group and management of print publications.

The switch to marketing followed 10 years of experience as a reporter and writer for newspapers and magazines. Culver emphasizes intensive writing instruction in her classes as a common denominator between news and strategic communication.

During her graduate studies at UW-Madison, Culver taught courses in the news-editorial sequence and served as a teaching assistant in Law of Mass Communication. She also worked as one of the School’s undergraduate advisers for six years.

She is interested in social media, online journalism, interactive marketing and digital media law and ethics.

Culver lives in Madison with her husband, Scott (JBA ‘88), two sons, Pete and Joe, and daughter, Ellie.

Email

kbculver@wisc.edu

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.A., Journalism, 1988
M.A., Journalism & Mass Comm, 1992
Ph.D., Mass Communication, 1999

Office

5146 Vilas

Telephone

(608) 263-3396

Office hours

Mon. 12 - 1 p.m.

History

Member for

2 years 24 weeks